Lab tests CPT 83970 Outpatient

PTH test cost in Seattle, WA

In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for parathyroid hormone (PTH) blood test: from $61.50 to $322.40, with a median of $157.06. The lowest listed price is at Overlake Medical Center & Clinics — $95.56 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $216.78 at 32 hospitals.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 13 cities for code 83970, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$61.50Overlake Medical Center & Clinics
Median$157.06half pay less
Highest$322.40in this market
Difference5.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

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Lowest $61.50Highest $323.96

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Overlake Medical Center & Clinics lowest Bellevue, WA · (425) 688-5000 Hc Assay Of Parathormone $61.50 $123.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Saint Clare Hospital Lakewood, WA · (253) 588-1711 HC PARATHYROID HORMONE INTACT $132.26 $458.85 $41.28–$344.14 71% Feb 28, 2026
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St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA · (253) 530-2050 HC PARATHYROID HORMONE INTACT $139.56 $458.85 $41.28–$344.14 70% Feb 28, 2026
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Highline Medical Center Burien, WA · (206) 431-5237 HC PARATHYROID HORMONE INTACT $140.12 $458.85 $41.28–$412.97 69% Feb 28, 2026
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA · (206) 223-6600 PARATHORMONE (PTH) $141.27 $277.00 $166.20–$221.60 49% —
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St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA · (253) 944-8100 HC PARATHYROID HORMONE INTACT $144.00 $458.85 $41.28–$344.14 69% Feb 28, 2026
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St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA · (253) 627-4101 HC PARATHYROID HORMONE INTACT $151.97 $458.85 $41.28–$344.14 67% Feb 28, 2026
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Enumclaw Regional Hospital Association Enumclaw, WA HC PARATHYROID HORMONE INTACT $162.15 $458.85 $41.28–$412.97 65% Feb 28, 2026
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Saint Clare Hospital Lakewood, WA · (253) 588-1711 HC BIO INTACT PARATHYROID HORMONE $215.59 $747.93 $41.28–$560.95 71% Feb 28, 2026
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St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA · (253) 530-2050 HC BIO INTACT PARATHYROID HORMONE $227.49 $747.93 $41.28–$560.95 70% Feb 28, 2026
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Highline Medical Center Burien, WA · (206) 431-5237 HC BIO INTACT PARATHYROID HORMONE $228.39 $747.93 $41.28–$673.14 69% Feb 28, 2026
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St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA · (253) 944-8100 HC BIO INTACT PARATHYROID HORMONE $234.72 $747.93 $41.28–$560.95 69% Feb 28, 2026
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St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA · (253) 627-4101 HC BIO INTACT PARATHYROID HORMONE $247.72 $747.93 $41.28–$560.95 67% Feb 28, 2026
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Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA · (360) 435-2133 HC PARATHYROID HORMONE $248.80 $311.00 $26.44–$279.90 20% —
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Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital E Seattle, WA · (206) 326-3000 PARATHORMONE (PARATHYROID HORMONE) $255.20 $319.00 $31.00–$111.00 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Enumclaw Regional Hospital Association Enumclaw, WA HC BIO INTACT PARATHYROID HORMONE $264.30 $747.93 $41.28–$673.14 65% Feb 28, 2026
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Swedish Edmonds Edmonds, WA · (425) 640-4000 HC ASSAY OF PARATHORMONE LAB $297.60 $620.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA · (425) 313-4000 HC ASSAY OF PARATHORMONE LAB $297.60 $620.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC ASSAY OF PARATHORMONE LAB $297.60 $620.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC ASSAY OF PARATHORMONE LAB $297.60 $620.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC PARATHORMONE (PARATHYROID HORMONE) $299.04 $623.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Edmonds Edmonds, WA · (425) 640-4000 HC PARATHORMONE (PARATHYROID HORMONE) $299.04 $623.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC PARATHORMONE (PARATHYROID HORMONE) $299.04 $623.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA · (425) 313-4000 HC PARATHORMONE (PARATHYROID HORMONE) $299.04 $623.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett, WA · (425) 261-2000 HC ASSAY OF PARATHORMONE LAB $322.40 $620.00 — 48% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett, WA · (425) 261-2000 HC PARATHORMONE (PARATHYROID HORMONE) $323.96 $623.00 — 48% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $61.50, median $157.06, highest $322.40 — a 5.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $157.06. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 8 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A PTH test measures parathyroid hormone, which controls calcium in the blood. It is ordered when calcium is high or low, in kidney disease, and in some people with kidney stones or osteoporosis.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83970 ($168.28). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Bellevue, WAHc Parathormone (Pth) Intact $14.10 file